Conan Rick's Investigator

And Huiyuan Ai leaned close to Conan's ear and whispered: "No, if everyone finds it together, it will be inconvenient for me to take it away..."

"It's ok."

Conan turned around with a confident smile on his face, "I will find it before they do and quietly give you what belongs to you."

"I'll give you the message your sister left thirteen years ago..."

At this moment, Conan had an indescribable feeling from Haibara Ai's perspective.

That...heart-pounding feeling.

At this time, everyone didn't notice Wakasa Rumi who had been silent beside them.

Under the reflective glasses on her right eye, her cold eyes were fixed on the code paper in Kobayashi's hand.

Chapter 1455 Miyano Akemi’s secret code

At the suggestion of Conan and Teacher Kobayashi, the three graduates agreed to work together to find the time capsule that Miyano Akemi buried thirteen years ago.

In order to increase the probability of finding it, Conan proposed to divide the 10 people present into 3 groups.

Conan, Haibara Ai, Ayumi, and Murata Takumi are a group.

Kobayashi, Mitsuhiko, and the female doctor are in a group.

A group consisting of Wakasa, Genta, and Yanagimachi.

After hearing the grouping, Mitsuhiko immediately put his hands on his waist and asked Conan, "Why is Conan the only one in the group with the girls?"

"Conan, aren't you too cunning?" Genta also echoed.

Conan could only smile helplessly, secretly complaining in his heart: Is this the point?

The reason why he chose this lineup was because the man named Murata seemed to be familiar with Miyano Akemi.

In the process of searching for the time capsule, maybe I can tell you something about Miyano Akemi and make Haibara Ai, who has been in a bad state recently, happy.

His group has the best chance of finding the time capsule, so Haibara Ai must stay by his side at all times.

Another point is that the faces of these three people changed when they saw the code paper.

The content on the code paper seemed to have a hidden meaning, and the three people seemed to understand its meaning at a glance.

This grouping is also to allow each group to have an adult to monitor their actions.

But before Conan could explain, Teacher Kobayashi and Wakasa Rumi came up from behind, held the two little ones' shoulders, and said with a smile.

"Oh my~ the teachers are girls too~"

"Can't we just wait a while and change teammates?"

In response, Mitsuhiko and Genta could only droop their eyelids and show very reluctant expressions.

……

In this way, everyone came to the school teaching building and walked around the shoe cabinet on the first floor for a while.

The trio lamented the subtle changes here, and the capsule-hunting team officially began their search.

As the "strongest repeater", Conan looked at the photo of the code paper taken on his mobile phone, understood the meaning of the first sentence at a glance, and led the team to the principal's office.

Facing Conan's suggestion, Ayumi asked in confusion: "Huh? Why?"

Conan explained confidently: "Doesn't the first sentence say 'Let people see Monet'?"

"Because the principal of our school likes the painter Monet very much, there is a replica of Monet hanging in the principal's office, which is a decoration he is very proud of."

"So the painting must be..."

Conan, Haibara Ai, Ayumi, and Murata Takumi just entered the principal's office at this time.

Conan looked up and found that the imitation of Monet was gone, replaced by an ordinary watercolor painting.

The painting depicts a small bridge and flowing water, and under the watercolor painting is a label that reads "6th year Group A, Takumi Murata".

Takumi Murata, who was standing behind him, stepped forward and said with memories in his eyes: "This is my previous award-winning work. I miss it so much..."

Conan then walked to the painting, opened the drawing board and took a look, but there was nothing inside.

But since Monet was mentioned in the code, Conan felt that the key information should be the imitation of Monet.

The principal is on vacation today, so Conan took the initiative to search the office with Haibara Ai and Ayumi.

Seeing the three children searching recklessly in the principal's office, Takumi Murata, who was standing there, was a little at a loss as to what to do.

Are children nowadays so fearless?

"Hey, if you flip through the pages like this, you'll get scolded~"

Conan lay under the desk and replied nonchalantly: "It will be fine if I explain the reason later..."

"By the way, I'm more curious about what kind of person is Miyano Akemi who left this secret code?"

Conan deliberately turned the topic to Miyano Akemi.

This made Haibara Ai next to her stunned and she quickly turned around to look.

Takumi Murata was stunned at first, then a smile appeared on his face and he closed his eyes to recall.

"Let me think about it..."

"She is very cheerful and gentle, and she is very considerate of others."

"Everyone in our class likes her very much... maybe all the boys in the class like her too."

Hearing this, Huiyuan Ai, who was somewhat touched, turned around and confirmed: "Is that true?"

"Yeah, actually I used to be one of them..."

Murata Takumi scratched his head in embarrassment, "But she politely rejected me~"

"There is such a thing~"

Listening to her sister's past gossip, a genuine smile appeared on Huibara Ai's lips.

Conan looked at the happy Haibara Ai and gave her a half-moon eye.

Remember to thank me.

At this time, Takumi Murata turned back to the watercolor painting on the wall and murmured, "Speaking of this painting, actually..."

Huihara Ai took a step forward, "Actually?"

Takumi Murata stared at the painting and hesitated for a while. Finally, he smiled and scratched his head without answering.

"No, nothing..."

……

Conan and others searched the principal's office for 10 minutes but found nothing.

After taking a look at the agreed gathering time, they went downstairs and looked around the science classroom, but still found nothing.

When the agreed time arrived, the three groups regrouped in front of the breeding hut beside the playground.

"Um……"

"So far, we have been to the principal's office, the health room, the art room, the family classroom, the science classroom, and the rooftop."

“Although I went to many places, I found nothing.”

Yanagimachi Yue: “Me too.”

Female doctor: “Me too.”

Looking at the three gloomy-faced graduates, Conan's mind also fell into thought.

He asked Mitsuhiko and Genta where the other two groups were going.

Mitsuhiko, Kobayashi, and the female doctor team went to the health room to investigate.

The reason is that Mitsuhiko thinks that the word "lie" in "Doctor, don't lie" should be expressed as "TELL?A?LIE" in English.

This is very similar to "wash hands" in Japanese, so Mitsuhiko thought of the washbasin in the health room.

However, after hearing this, Conan immediately rejected this idea in his mind.

Because there are so many washbasins in the school, Akemi Miyano would not leave a code with such a high error rate.

On the other hand, the group of Genta, Wakasa Rumi, and Yanagimachi Gaku went to many places for no special reason.

"We went to the family classroom, the art room, and the rooftop..."

Yuantai stretched out his fingers and counted the places he had been.

"Originally, Mr. Wakasa said that there was a fire in the music classroom 14 or 15 years ago, and some paper cranes were burned, but Yanagimachi brother said he didn't remember, so he didn't go there."

"But we still didn't find anything. Wakasa-sensei went to the bathroom, and Yanagimachi-nii left on his own to look for clues."

"alone?"

Conan looked at the three graduates who were still discussing not far away, and he still felt that the three of them were trying to hide some secret.

So he decided to give it a try.

"How about we tell the code to other students in the class?"

"How about we all come together to help find it?"

The three people who were discussing not far away turned around and looked at Conan with a slightly stunned expression, and then the female doctor waved her hand first.

"But, we can still try harder to find it, right?"

The female doctor turned to look at Yanagimachi Gaku, who also echoed her.

"Yes, yes, I have also thought of some clues." Murata Takumi said in the same tone, "...I do feel like I am close to figuring out the code."

Looking at the strange reactions of the three people, Conan was already certain that they knew some secret.

In that case, let's test them.

"Then the two teachers and I will continue to help look for it..."

Conan turned around and said to the three little ones and Huiyuan: "Please stay in the breeding hut and finish the rest of the work~"

"Eh--?"

The three little ones stretched out their voices to express their dissatisfaction.

Only Haibara Ai stared at Conan's back as he left with the group of adults, and said secretly in her heart.

Please, Kudo.

……

Conan, Krillin, Wakasa Rumi, and the three graduates returned to the teaching building and strolled around while sorting out the entire search route.

During this time, Kobayashi called the principal and learned that he had taken the imitation of Monet home and hung it up, and there were no suspicious marks on the painting.

"I guessed wrong, what a pity..."

Takumi Murata sighed, but there was no sign of regret on his face.

Yanagimachi Gaku, who was walking in front, held his chin up and murmured, "If it's not on the back of the painting, could it be on the wall?"

"Yup!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the others present woke up as if from a dream and immediately decided to go back and take another look.

When they returned to the principal's office, the female doctor removed Takumi Murata's painting from the wall, and a hiragana was revealed behind the wall.

"Sure enough, there are words on the wall behind the painting!"

“Yes…?”

“We’ve noticed that before.”

The three of them put their heads close to the wall to observe.

Xiao Lin, who was standing at the door of the principal's office, also congratulated them, "Finally, we have taken the first step..."

"Yes." Wakasa Rumiya said.

Only Conan stood behind the three people, staring at them with a scrutinizing look.